Fall 2008 Program Schedule
TCRM Program
**You must be registered for TCRM before you will receive an email notice with the password.**
The papers are in pdf format and ready for you to download and print. You will be asked for a password. Use the password sent to you by email. Once you are in that area of the website, right click on the files and you will be asked whether you want to save or open the files. The files are named according to the session number and author (e.g. The paper by Thomas Cornille et al is named: TC1A-1 - Cornille, Staier, Mullis, etc. This is the first paper in Session 1A - The Family Life History Model: Assessing Families' Developmental Stages. The second paper would be labeled TC1A-2 - Williamson, Skrypnek, de Tossantos, etc.) After files are opened you can print them out.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - 3:00 - 4:30 P.M.
"Family Development and Functioning "
TC1A-1 - The Family Life History Model: Assessing Families' Developmental Stages - Thomas Cornille, Tabitha Staier, Ann Mullis, Ron Mullis
TC1A-2 - Revisiting the McMaster Family Assessment Device - Deanna L. Williamson, Berna J. Skrypnek, Nyla de Tossantos
"Constructing Meaning "
TC1B-1 - The Social Construction of the Shared Marital Narrative - Charles L. Cole, Allison C. Lux
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - 4:45 - 6:15 P.M.
"Missing Values"
TC2A-1 - Steps Towards "Best Practices" for Family Researchers in Analyzing Datasets With Missing Values - David R. Johnson, Rebekah Young
"Understudied Dyads (Siblings, Fathers-Daughters)"
TC2B-1 - A Sibling Interrelationship Framework: Examining Processes of Closeness Over Time - Moireen Clark, Holly Bramble, Kevin Roy
TC2B-2 -
What Do Daughters Want? Young Adult Women's Relationships With Their Fathers - Edythe M. Krampe, Rae R. Newton
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - 6:30 - 8:00 P.M.
"TCRM Workshop Opening Reception & Plenary Session"
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 8:30 - 10:00 A.M.
"Decision Making: Sexuality and Fertility "
Session 106-1- Integrating Time Preference and Social Exchange Theories: With Applications - Walter Schumm, R. Roudi Nazarinia
Session 106-1 - Figures
Session 106-2 - Toward a Theory of Fertility and Ethnic Social Capital - Todd F. Martin, Nathan Lauster, James M. White
"Family Contexts"
Session 107-1 - Children's Access to Healthcare in the Context of Welfare Reform - Karen Seccombe
Session 107-2 - The Communications Patterns Questionnaire - Short Form: A Review and Assessment - Kelly Campbell, Ted G. Futris, Robert B. Nielsen, Stephanie Burwell
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 10:15 - 11:45 A.M.
"Extending Attachment Theory and Method"
Session 113-1 - Toward a More Dynamic View of Attachment Assessment and Prediction - Aesha John
Session 113-2 - Attachment and Identity/Intimacy: Two Sides of the Same Coin? - Joe F. Pittman, Margaret Keiley, Jennifer L. Kerpelman, Brian Vaughn
"After TCRM, Then What?"
Session 114-1 - Theories in the Mist: Are Theoretical Publications an Endangered Species? - Kari Adamsons
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 8:30 - 9:45 P.M.
"TCRM Business Meeting"
Session 134 - Presider: Hilary Rose, 2008 TCRM Chair
If discussants have not received their papers from the authors they can access these papers here.
Please contact NCFR if you have questions about downloading the files.
TCRM 2008 Deadlines:
October 10, 2008 - TCRM discussions submitted to authors and TCRM Chair; TCRM registration Deadline
Theory Construction and Research Methodology
The first TCRM workshop in 1971 coincided with a period of social upheaval and unrest (e.g., anti-war protests, civil rights, women`s liberation, and the gay rights movement). Since then, diversity of methods, and diversity of theories, has been the hallmark of the family field--and of TCRM. For the 38th annual TCRM, the tradition continues. Be a part of history: be a part of the 38th TCRM!
As a former S/NP representative to the Board of NCFR, and as someone whose theoretical work was first presented at TCRM when I was a grad student, I strongly encourage all grad students and new professionals to consider TCRM as a venue for their cutting edge work in theory or research methods. The climate at TCRM is intimate and receptive, and the feedback is invaluable. Works in progress are especially invited.
Call for Proposals
TCRM offers a unique opportunity for scholars to present and discuss their ideas and research in a highly constructive and informal format designed to enhance works in progress, and to advance the development of theory and methods in family research and practice. All interested family scholars are invited to attend and participate.
Types of paper sessions at the workshop will include:
- Working Papers--papers submitted individually, in order to benefit from discussion of theoretical or methodological issues with discussants and the audience;
- Symposia--submitted as a thematic group of 2 or 3 papers, or grouped by the TCRM chair. The papers will be related and discussion will focus on the concepts that link the papers together;
- Invited Plenary Sessions--with a broad, open format, focusing on specific theoretical or methodological issues that will benefit from discussion, and will be of interest to all TCRM attendees.
How to Submit
In order to submit a proposal to TCRM, you will have to use NCFR's on-line submission format (via the NCFR website), including registering with the system and logging in (follow the prompts).
You will be asked for the full title of your proposal ("abstract"), as well as for a short abstract in Word (maximum 100 words) for publicity purposes. You will also be asked to provide a long abstract in Word (maximum 8 pages) for peer review. Your long abstract should include a) a brief background and context for your proposed session, including the importance of your proposed work and how it will advance either family theory or methodology (maximum half a page); b) the objectives and rationale (maximum half a page); and c) details of your proposed work, including literature and other evidence to support it (maximum 7 pages, including references and figures). Please use 12-point font. If you are submitting a proposal for a paper, do not include any names of authors on either the short or long abstracts.
If you and your colleagues are submitting a proposal for a symposium, the process is somewhat different. Each author (or set of authors) to be included in the symposium writes a 1-page summary of their proposed work. These are sent directly to the symposium chair who will compile them into a single Word file for on-line submission. The symposium chair will then write a summary that synthesizes and links the included 1-page summaries. The symposium chair will also include all authors' names, employers, and e-mail addresses on the proposal itself (maximum 8 pages). This proposal, submitted by the symposium chair, constitutes the long abstract as discussed in the above paragraph, and it will be peer reviewed. In addition, the symposium chair will submit the full title of the proposed symposium and the short abstract for publicity purposes.
Once you have registered and logged in (following the prompts via the NCFR website), submitting proposals for TCRM is a simple seven-step process. Step 1 involves submitting the full title of your proposal, the short abstract, and the long abstract (as above); Step 2 involves giving the name and affiliation for the first author (or symposium chair); Step 3 involves giving names and affiliations for all other authors, if any; Step 4 involves declaring whether the focus of the proposal is on theory or methodology, making suggestions for possible discussants, and declaring any possible conflict of interest; Step 5 involves choosing a preferred presentation format (paper or symposium), and requesting audiovisual equipment; Step 6 involves providing personal information such as primary discipline, student or new professional status, or visa requirements (i.e., needing an official letter of invitation); Step 7 involves agreeing to allow the abstract to be published on a website, and agreeing to register for the workshop if your proposal is accepted.
I am looking forward to receiving your proposals. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions:
hrose@alcor.concordia.ca
Mission of TCRM
TCRM’s mission is to facilitate the creation and refinement of theory and methods relative to the study of families. The TCRM Workshop strives to create an environment of discovery, intellectual challenge, and debate for authors and colleagues who are developing new approaches to theory, methods, and practice. Also, scholars who have works in progress present at TCRM to benefit from the collective wisdom and critique of informed colleagues.
TCRM sessions comprise informed discussions of theoretical and methodological issues raised by peer-reviewed papers that are read prior to the workshop by discussants and workshop attendees. The format of TCRM is unique in that registrants receive copies of all papers about a month before the conference. Because attendees have already read the papers, discussions can center on the ideas raised in each paper, and on the integration of different papers in a session.
And, as discussants have also provided their comments to the papers' authors in advance, authors get a chance to respond to the discussants' comments in an atmosphere of collaboration, pushing forward the thinking of authors, discussants, and audience alike. As a result, family methods and theories can evolve in a collegial and cooperative context--one that is especially welcoming of students and new professionals in the field.
Hilary Rose, Ph.D., CFLE
Chair, 2008 TCRM Workshop
Applied Human Sciences, VE 321.02
Concordia University
7141 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, QC H4B 1R6
Phone: 514-848-2424 Ext. 5814
Email: hrose@alcor.concordia.ca
Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research
The following are pdf documents:
Current Newsletter - August 2008
Newsletter - February, 2008
Newsletter - January, 2007
TCRM Business Meeting Minutes - November 2007
TCRM Business Meeting Minutes - November 2006
TCRM Quarterly Financial Statement - 2006
TCRM Royalty Statement - 2006
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